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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - Wikipedia HIPAA was intended to make health care in the United States more efficient by standardizing health care transactions To this end, HIPAA added a new Part C titled "Administrative Simplification" to Title XI of the Social Security Act, requiring all health plans to engage in health care transactions in a standardized way
What is HIPAA? - HIPAA Journal HIPAA is an acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act – an Act passed to reform the health insurance industry
Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule - HHS. gov HIPAA required the Secretary to issue privacy regulations governing individually identifiable health information, if Congress did not enact privacy legislation within three years of the passage of HIPAA
What is HIPAA - DHCS The HIPAA Privacy regulations require health care providers and organizations, as well as their business associates, to develop and follow procedures that ensure the confidentiality and security of protected health information (PHI) when it is transferred, received, handled, or shared
HIPAA Basics | HealthIT. gov - ONC The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is the main Federal law that protects health information The HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules protect the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information
HIPAA Explained - Updated for 2025 Our HIPAA explained article provides information about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Administrative Simplification Regulations – which include the HIPAA Privacy Rule, HIPAA Security Rule, and Breach Notification Rule